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police are thirty minutes or a needs ten where is your thing my point my point is that in a crowded environment if somebody is going to try and take out a shooter the odds are well as happened yesterday in texas right you know two of the three people who were shot were some were bystanders doesn't isn't this again an argument for reducing at the very least the the. bale abilities clips we band machine gun you back in the thirty one it took a generation to wring them all out of the you're not here's the point you're trading magic for fact for magic here there is no such thing you are only read i agree with you one hundred percent if we could retroactively close pandora's box reduce the human propensity for violence and make gunpowder disappear i think every human being on a plane would say you are not living the dream and you're all for why we have a different murder rate than canada or. england one of our ancestors or her many years with everyone is mandated to have a gun but actually them everybody's managed to have a gun in switzerland and the vast majority of them are held in local militias
police are thirty minutes or a needs ten where is your thing my point my point is that in a crowded environment if somebody is going to try and take out a shooter the odds are well as happened yesterday in texas right you know two of the three people who were shot were some were bystanders doesn't isn't this again an argument for reducing at the very least the the. bale abilities clips we band machine gun you back in the thirty one it took a generation to wring them all out of the you're not...
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extreme environments, brutality, death dirksing. it's uncivilized and women can't do it, nor thank you they even be thought of as doing it. we have come so far and the number one reason is because we have had all of these women in iraq and afghanistan, in these wars, fighting these wars even though not on the official front line and dyeing. 152 women have died in these conflicts, 800 wounded. >> martha, in addition to opening up a lot of jobs, what actually is the practical effect of this? how do they phase it in? are there issues they have to yet resolve once you lift the ban? >> first of all, they're giving this a lot of time. implementation not until the beginning of 2016. you're going to have -- i talked to some young male soldiers who don't like this. it's sort of like this that you heard 20 years ago, we don't want women there. it will ruin the band of brothers. they're going to go slow with this. women will want them to go slow too. they want to do it right. they want the standards to be the same. they want to look at who's q
extreme environments, brutality, death dirksing. it's uncivilized and women can't do it, nor thank you they even be thought of as doing it. we have come so far and the number one reason is because we have had all of these women in iraq and afghanistan, in these wars, fighting these wars even though not on the official front line and dyeing. 152 women have died in these conflicts, 800 wounded. >> martha, in addition to opening up a lot of jobs, what actually is the practical effect of...
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the school environment is very sensitive. the chief is correct in the sense that awesome responsibility, they need to be trained, and that's the point of our emphasis, to have enhanced training of armed security presence in the school. and teachers should not have the burden of this either. this should be -- teachers teach. others should protect. and that's why the armed presence, trained personnel is important. >> haven't there been plenty of instances, columbine, i'm sure virginia tech even had police on campus or security guards on campus, and yet that didn't seem to help. >> i just don't understand why the first idea put forth is something that might help at the last second. we can do better than what we're doing now. and we can do things in advance. weeks and months beforehand to keep a dangerous person and a gun from combining in the first place. we don't take that seriously. we don't do background checks. that's nuts. >> it's important to point out you work for the brady campaign. you went out and shot kind of a docume
the school environment is very sensitive. the chief is correct in the sense that awesome responsibility, they need to be trained, and that's the point of our emphasis, to have enhanced training of armed security presence in the school. and teachers should not have the burden of this either. this should be -- teachers teach. others should protect. and that's why the armed presence, trained personnel is important. >> haven't there been plenty of instances, columbine, i'm sure virginia tech...
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you put increasing sales growth from just the better business environment with already good margins and you get superior growth. and it is a cyclical space and i think people want cyclical stocks. >> and it has underperformed down about 13%. thank you, andy. >> thank you. >> couple of ones for you. "grow up" takes off with the one big thing that can power the economy. plus the one stock nobody seems to understand. but that keeps going higher. >> but first, ibored. the one thing that apple is not doing and maybe needs to do, and now. ♪ let's go. ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing the all-new cadillac xts... another big night on the town, eh? ...and the return of life lived large. ♪ >>> yeah, take a look at apple. really been a tough run. especially after earnings on wednesday. wall street worrying the age of the iphone may be coming to an end. now the stock trading nearly flat over the year. even the hottest fads eventually fade out, right? bling becomes blah. can the same thing happen to a stock? a stock like apple. managing directly jeffreys and john abel, reuters media fil
you put increasing sales growth from just the better business environment with already good margins and you get superior growth. and it is a cyclical space and i think people want cyclical stocks. >> and it has underperformed down about 13%. thank you, andy. >> thank you. >> couple of ones for you. "grow up" takes off with the one big thing that can power the economy. plus the one stock nobody seems to understand. but that keeps going higher. >> but first,...
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transparent environment she is not making same as i am. what is she doing better than i am. we can solve that in advance of being explosion. melissa: you have that conversation and somebody says hey, so-and-so or pay everybody the same? that is what i suspect the pay everybody the same amount? >> no, we have people same class of skis, engineers, designers analysts make paying different salaries and experience and competence and see the other person's salary it is easy to understand the vector got them there. what they do better. easier path to get them where they want to be. no did he negotiate better? is he good at kissing ass in the back office. melissa: right, right. >> there is no person to manipulate. melissa: is it gone or confirmed or you look, oh. it would just confirm what you're thinking. why does it eliminate that? >> look at company with on few situation on salaries and pick that up and would be really horrible. if you build it out from the start people can have the debates. why are you making more than me? management can explain what is happening and they're at
transparent environment she is not making same as i am. what is she doing better than i am. we can solve that in advance of being explosion. melissa: you have that conversation and somebody says hey, so-and-so or pay everybody the same? that is what i suspect the pay everybody the same amount? >> no, we have people same class of skis, engineers, designers analysts make paying different salaries and experience and competence and see the other person's salary it is easy to understand the...
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environment is very good. >> blankfein says improving outlook for the u.s. and other economies bodes well for goldman sachs long-term prospects. >> the things we do, all the things we do, correlate with growth. we advise people on acquisitions when they have the confidence to acquire things. finance them when they do things. manage risky assets which people only put money in risky assets when they are confident. so i think the economy is growing and i think the cycle is long so i'm optimistic. >> he estimates that as the cycle improves, so should goldman's one of most profitable businesses. a business that's been lackluster recently. >> the conditions are quite right for very low level of interest rates. the fact that industries are consolidating. a lot of opportunities overseas. and i tell you, everybody in his own industry tracks a lot of stuff. we track m & a as a percentage of gdp. it is a much lower level than we should be at this part of the recovery and i'm kind of at a loss to explain why. >> blankfein did say buyers and sellers seem to disagree on t
environment is very good. >> blankfein says improving outlook for the u.s. and other economies bodes well for goldman sachs long-term prospects. >> the things we do, all the things we do, correlate with growth. we advise people on acquisitions when they have the confidence to acquire things. finance them when they do things. manage risky assets which people only put money in risky assets when they are confident. so i think the economy is growing and i think the cycle is long so i'm...
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a lot of people say you're a dummy if you stay if bond in this environment. if we have sound from leon cooperman, let's deliver it. because this is what he says with sharp words in why to look at equities. >> do we have it? >> stocks are cheap against inflation, cheap against their own history, cheap against interest rates. and they are allowing for slower secular economic growth and allowing for higher interest rates. buying it is like walking in front of a steam roller to pick up a dime. just an very advisable policy. >> brian, do you love that? walking in front after steam roller to pick up a dime. that what you are doing if you invest in fixed income. you've got look at equities. >> would that great rotation be bigger than the cash on side lines? i don't have any idea how much is in the bond market versus how much is under the mattress. no one probably da z. >> it is hard to guess for the entire market. if you look at the fund flow data, you will see people are favoring equity. there was a huge inflow in the middle of january, about $62 billion in equity
a lot of people say you're a dummy if you stay if bond in this environment. if we have sound from leon cooperman, let's deliver it. because this is what he says with sharp words in why to look at equities. >> do we have it? >> stocks are cheap against inflation, cheap against their own history, cheap against interest rates. and they are allowing for slower secular economic growth and allowing for higher interest rates. buying it is like walking in front of a steam roller to pick up...
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we need to protect their environment. we have a strict quarantine system to protect the integrity of the environment. forty years on, it's still a class-a nature reserve. it's our job to look after them. ...it's my job to look after it. ♪ ...it's my job to look after it. it'but sleep train's huge foryeais ending soon.models for a short time, save hundreds on tempur-pedic mattresses. get the most highly-recommended bed in america at closeout prices. plus, get interest-free financing and free same-day delivery. why wait for the new models? sleep train's year end clearance is ending soon. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >> you issue going to continue to tell me you did not do this. >> i didn't kill travis. if i was going to kill him, i would make it quick or something. >> is that how you want to leave it? you want to stop here and that's how you want to leave it? >> i know that i didn't take travis' life. i know -- >> i know you did.
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were going cheap trying to get around what few regulations exist and create an even more dangerous environment. the investigation isn't over, so they don't want to name names or come out with the specific charges at this point, anderson. >> can you explain why security at this club would not let people get out of the one exit that existed? >> well, anderson, we talked today -- we actually heard the very harrowing story of this 19-year-old high school student who was inside. she got crammed up against the metal barrier. someone was saving her, a man she didn't know grabbed her and was pulling her toward the door. and she said she actually saw the doors shutting in their faces. she said she saw the light at the end of the tunnel, then all of a sudden the light would shut off because the guards were shutting the door in her face. and she said they hadn't realized that there was a fire. and they did only shut it for a couple of minutes, but in those few minutes it filled with smoke so much that when the door opened again there were already bodies lying on the floor, people shouting. she said, in f
were going cheap trying to get around what few regulations exist and create an even more dangerous environment. the investigation isn't over, so they don't want to name names or come out with the specific charges at this point, anderson. >> can you explain why security at this club would not let people get out of the one exit that existed? >> well, anderson, we talked today -- we actually heard the very harrowing story of this 19-year-old high school student who was inside. she got...
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granted, the environment's gotten better, but there are many things we can learn from what happened in 2012. first of all, as difficult as last year may have seemed at times, the overall ipo market was pretty darn robust. in terms of price appreciation, the average new public company was up 20.5% versus 13.4% gain, the s&p 500. in 2012, ipos gave you an average first-day spike of 14.1%, that's not too shabby. however, while the general direction was up, it was a major divergence within 2012's cohort. a lot of winners and quite a few losers too. what separated the winners from losers? what made the difference between an ipo that popped huge on the first day of trading and kept running, and one that did a big fat belly flop? simple, one word, growth. last year the ipos with real sustainable unquestionable growth were the best performers, and this is a dynamic that only continued in 2013 where the market's appetite for growth cannot be sated. consider 2012's best-performing ipos. top eight performers each gave you at least about a double. it's an important list, people. at the top of it i
granted, the environment's gotten better, but there are many things we can learn from what happened in 2012. first of all, as difficult as last year may have seemed at times, the overall ipo market was pretty darn robust. in terms of price appreciation, the average new public company was up 20.5% versus 13.4% gain, the s&p 500. in 2012, ipos gave you an average first-day spike of 14.1%, that's not too shabby. however, while the general direction was up, it was a major divergence within...
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to me what people don't realize is what the environment's just plain gotten better. think about the guests i had on the show last night, rick hamada the ceo of avnet. when his company reported he had very little good to say. rick came on the show and said that business was fundamentally sound and his company came in and was buying stock hand over fist after being out of the market when the stock was higher because it was now such a terrific opportunity in the high 20s. sure enough the report yesterday and it was terrific and yes the stock's down 35 and change. well above where it was before the previous shortfall. the moral of these stories this market forgives, forgets, and then goes higher. which is why most of the weakness you see in individual stocks are indeed b.o., buying opportunities. and boy, this b.o. smells good.
to me what people don't realize is what the environment's just plain gotten better. think about the guests i had on the show last night, rick hamada the ceo of avnet. when his company reported he had very little good to say. rick came on the show and said that business was fundamentally sound and his company came in and was buying stock hand over fist after being out of the market when the stock was higher because it was now such a terrific opportunity in the high 20s. sure enough the report...
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with this environment, you are seeing gold up $20. this is the market taking a breather. it does not surprise people on wall street. let's take a look at chesapeake energy. we know that the ceo will be stepping down on april 1. there it is. up 5.5%. what is the potential going forward? it is what you should continue to follow. back to you before thank you, nicole. contracted for the first time in years. peter, good to see you. the ten year treasury yield is about 10%. the markets barely selling off. what do you say? >> they need to worry. it is interesting that the last quarter of the avant-garde is the weakest of his presidency. it shows me that the temporary euphoria of the stimulus is holding off. i think the fed is getting ready to up the dosage of the stimulus. interest rates are rising despite this it the dollar is tanking. if it was not for the japanese yen, imagine how low the dollar would be. i think it will break down a lot. look at oil prices knocking on the door at $100 a barrel. more people will realize that the economy is in a lot worse shape than they thoug
with this environment, you are seeing gold up $20. this is the market taking a breather. it does not surprise people on wall street. let's take a look at chesapeake energy. we know that the ceo will be stepping down on april 1. there it is. up 5.5%. what is the potential going forward? it is what you should continue to follow. back to you before thank you, nicole. contracted for the first time in years. peter, good to see you. the ten year treasury yield is about 10%. the markets barely selling...
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to do it in the environment of these big gun shows, which are basically a giant gun shop with many dealers real hi doesn't add anything to it. as police chief johnson said, it takes a minute or two to go through the background check. the second thing is that the whole point of the exercise is that it keeps the criminal from coming in and buying guns. so when mr. lapierre says, well, you know, this is no good because criminals won't subject themselves to a background check, that's precisely the point. >> sure. what was the feeling in the room from you and your colleagues after hearing gabby giffords speak today? how much of an impact do you think she had? >> i think she had a real impact. i think the other moment of real impact was when her husband, captain kelly, talked about the child at gabrielle giffords' shooting who was killed by the 13th bullet, and pointed out that if the shooter hadn't had that high capacity magazine, before he got to that 13th bullet, he would have had to reload. and that shooting came to an end when the shooter had to reload. so the moment when you have 20 stop f
to do it in the environment of these big gun shows, which are basically a giant gun shop with many dealers real hi doesn't add anything to it. as police chief johnson said, it takes a minute or two to go through the background check. the second thing is that the whole point of the exercise is that it keeps the criminal from coming in and buying guns. so when mr. lapierre says, well, you know, this is no good because criminals won't subject themselves to a background check, that's precisely the...
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not only the environment in which they can come here and study, but say here if they are needed. connell: making sure that it is not included in this deal, whatever that turns out to be? >> amnesty. there has to be a pathway to citizenship. people who follow the law should not be burdened by those that do not. connell: defined what that means . >> the 11 login or so have to be encouraged to come out of the shadows and join those already in line. there has to be an incentive for them to do that. it has to be negotiated. that is what we are afraid of. we do not believe that 11 million should be granted citizenship to prevent those that have followed the rules from the pathway to citizenship that they followed. connell: last thing on the prediction of the politics on this before we let you go. you think this will be a hard-fought, year-long battle or do you think we will get something done really quick? >> it depends on whether or not they want to treat this like obamacare. no transparency. i think it will be very hard to get anything done. i think you have a much better chance of s
not only the environment in which they can come here and study, but say here if they are needed. connell: making sure that it is not included in this deal, whatever that turns out to be? >> amnesty. there has to be a pathway to citizenship. people who follow the law should not be burdened by those that do not. connell: defined what that means . >> the 11 login or so have to be encouraged to come out of the shadows and join those already in line. there has to be an incentive for them...
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that you need long-term stable environments. because when we look into plants or other investments we look out 10, 15 years. >> sounds like you're saying it was a mistake to make this speech. >> i'm not saying anything. you're asking me how do i believe investment positions could be affected. >> the other topic we've been talking about has been energy and energy policy in the united states. and it was making me think given the possibility of fracking and shale and everything else going on, does that give you any sense that you would make additional investments in the united states? >> andrew, already done. i think what we've seen in the united states is a great example that the energy direction of the united states is really competitiveness agenda. we see reindustrialization initiatives already happening. chemicals are coming back to the u.s. we will see further industrial build-out coming back to the united states. for us in twofolds it's a great growth business opportunities, for big and most modern gas turbine plant which we
that you need long-term stable environments. because when we look into plants or other investments we look out 10, 15 years. >> sounds like you're saying it was a mistake to make this speech. >> i'm not saying anything. you're asking me how do i believe investment positions could be affected. >> the other topic we've been talking about has been energy and energy policy in the united states. and it was making me think given the possibility of fracking and shale and everything...
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lyric can also give you exceptionally clear, natural sound in quiet and noisy environments because of how it works with your ear's own anatomy. can your hearing aid do all this? lyric can. to learn more about lyric's advanced technology, call 1-800-414-5999 or visit trylyric.com for a risk-free 30 day trial offer and free dvd and brochure. get the hearing aid that can. lyric from phonak. lyric can. >>> breaking news here. this just out of phoenix. this is video from our affiliate ktvk. police responding to reports of a shooting. multiple victims at a business complex. we are told this is near 16th street and glendale avenue. this is in phoenix. the business complex. now the sus is expect, we are learning, reportedly fled from the scene. there is a search that is now under way. we are looking at aerial shots as well. we understand that there are police cars on the scene. there are ambulances and fire engines as well that responded to the report of the shooting. we also saw -- there you go. now we have the aerials there. somebody was rolled out on a stretcher earlier. this is certainly
lyric can also give you exceptionally clear, natural sound in quiet and noisy environments because of how it works with your ear's own anatomy. can your hearing aid do all this? lyric can. to learn more about lyric's advanced technology, call 1-800-414-5999 or visit trylyric.com for a risk-free 30 day trial offer and free dvd and brochure. get the hearing aid that can. lyric from phonak. lyric can. >>> breaking news here. this just out of phoenix. this is video from our affiliate ktvk....
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as i said at the outsaid, the environment is only getting tougher. to a certaindegree, yes, it is. >> when would you see empirical data suggesting that the tide is turning, though? i mean, would share -- i mean, would the end of share loss when it comes to the digital ad market, is that in the near future? >> no. i mean, look, google, it's growing somewhere between 30% and 40%. facebook around the same level. it's going to take a while for facebook to -- for yahoo! excuse me, to go from negative 5 to a positive. we think sometime by the end of this year, they may be flat to maybe slightly up. you know, we're not holding our breath on them growing as fast, or even faster than the industry as management continues to believe that they will be able to do. but in the meantime, we'll be looking at engagement to see month-to-month engagement, particularly on the mobile side. and also try to figure out or try to see the rollout of new products. that will be a precursor to them doing well over time. >> amazon, that's a big report we're all looking forward to
as i said at the outsaid, the environment is only getting tougher. to a certaindegree, yes, it is. >> when would you see empirical data suggesting that the tide is turning, though? i mean, would share -- i mean, would the end of share loss when it comes to the digital ad market, is that in the near future? >> no. i mean, look, google, it's growing somewhere between 30% and 40%. facebook around the same level. it's going to take a while for facebook to -- for yahoo! excuse me, to go...
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lyric can also give you exceptionally clear, natural sound in quiet and noisy environments because of how it works with your ear's own anatomy. can your hearing aid do all this? lyric can. to learn more about lyric's advanced technology, call 1-800-414-5999 or visit trylyric.com for a risk-free 30 day trial offer and free dvd and brochure. get the hearing aid that can. lyric from phonak. lyric can. sleep train'sor presidents' day presidents' day sale is on now. save up to $500 on beautyrest and posturepedic. get a sealy queen set for just $399. even get 3 years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. plus, free delivery, set-up, and removal of your old set. keep more presidents in your wallet. sleep train's presidents' day sale is on now. superior service, best selection, lowest price, guaranteed. ♪ sleep train ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ >>> breaking news here. this just out of phoenix. this is video from our affiliate ktvk. police responding to reports of a shooting. multiple victims at a business complex. we are told this is near 16th street and glendale avenue
lyric can also give you exceptionally clear, natural sound in quiet and noisy environments because of how it works with your ear's own anatomy. can your hearing aid do all this? lyric can. to learn more about lyric's advanced technology, call 1-800-414-5999 or visit trylyric.com for a risk-free 30 day trial offer and free dvd and brochure. get the hearing aid that can. lyric from phonak. lyric can. sleep train'sor presidents' day presidents' day sale is on now. save up to $500 on beautyrest and...
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if you go back the early conservationists, we called them, them, about of the word "environment," you know, were republicans. and teddy roosevelt being the classic one with gifford pincheaux, his interior secretary. and he established the first national park, i believe. right? >> yes, sir. >> bill: and on from there. so if it's so important, why didn't president obama do anything about it in the first four years? >> he had a tough time. he tried to go the legislative route. we got some good legislative comprehensive climate and energy legislation through the house but it didn't get through the senate. so, what the president did do was, he went after the 30% of car body shop pollution. of course, the sorts of our xlooiment problems right now. he we want after the 30% of that in our motor vehicles. so we are going to double, under an agreement that the white house reached with car makers we will double our gas mileage to cut that carbon footprint in half. what he has a great opportunity to do right now, historic opportunity, is to go after the 40% of the carbon pollution that comes from
if you go back the early conservationists, we called them, them, about of the word "environment," you know, were republicans. and teddy roosevelt being the classic one with gifford pincheaux, his interior secretary. and he established the first national park, i believe. right? >> yes, sir. >> bill: and on from there. so if it's so important, why didn't president obama do anything about it in the first four years? >> he had a tough time. he tried to go the legislative...
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characteristics which are but a manifestation of the brilliance of nature to enable us to adapt to the environment in which we evolved, that somehow these characteristics determine our inate worth and value as human beings. that is the essence of racism. but that system was not cultivated into every intellectual commercial, judicial, religious philosophical medical system that we have. the imbalances you see in the country today -- i call them inequities' -- are but reflections of that deep-seated belief. is it a conscious in most of us? no. in some of us, ys. -- yes. i aniston the ku klux klan -- i understand the ku klux klan was going to have a rally. some people consciously adhere to that belief. but most of us have been swept up in it and we do not even know wit. it is easy to be at the top and never have to think about it. it is impossible to be on the bottom and not think about that on a daily basis and not internalize the absurdity of the devaluation of your humanity on a daily basis. my lovely daughter once said to me, "how did the story of african-americans get inverted into a story of vi
characteristics which are but a manifestation of the brilliance of nature to enable us to adapt to the environment in which we evolved, that somehow these characteristics determine our inate worth and value as human beings. that is the essence of racism. but that system was not cultivated into every intellectual commercial, judicial, religious philosophical medical system that we have. the imbalances you see in the country today -- i call them inequities' -- are but reflections of that...